Sholtis, Hay, Weaver and Noland win too<\/strong><\/p>\nSarver, PA (October 24, 2010) The 2010 Season at Lernerville Season has come to a close as another successful DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede is in the books!\u00a0 If you\u2019re a friend of ours on Facebook or follow us on Twitter, you know that over 220 cars packed the pits on Friday Night.\u00a0 As a result, the pits had to be expanded into the infield for the first time in the 43 year history of Lernerville Speedway!\u00a0 That car count ballooned to over 300 Saturday Night as 90 Enduros joined the high speed rodeo to cap off an amazing weekend and season of racing!<\/p>\n
The Steel City Stampede weekend got under way on Thursday night with open practice for all divisions.\u00a0 Over 75 cars were on hand to shake it down and get ready for the final weekend of racing in Western PA.\u00a0 Heat races were completed on Friday Night under chilly conditions, setting the table for a fantastic show Saturday Night under considerably warmer conditions!<\/p>\n
After four B-Mains were contested, the Ti22 Performance DIRTcar Challenge Sprint Series finale pushed off as the first of 10 feature races.\u00a0 Last year\u2019s upset specialist Cole Duncan brought the field to the green flag flanked by Cory Good.\u00a0 Duncan led the first five laps, but as he entered lapped traffic he was caught and passed by 2010 Lernerville Speedway\/Budweiser Track Champion Danny Holtgraver.<\/p>\n
Once at the point, Holtgraver began lapping cars like they had bounties attached to them!\u00a0 By lap 12, he essentially clinched the DIRTcar Challenge Sprint Series when he lapped series points leader Bob Felmlee.\u00a0 Three laps later he passed Rod George to put him a lap down.\u00a0 With Ed Lynch Jr. in the pits after mechanical issues on lap eight, Danny cruised to the DIRTcar CSS Championship, but he couldn\u2019t hold off Dale Blaney on the track.<\/p>\n
Blaney has been nearly unstoppable at Lernerville Speedway this season winning four races, including an All Star Feature win on June 4.\u00a0 He ran well enough to win the first 30-lap feature of the Silver Cup but ran short of fuel. He finished second to Tim Shaffer at the September 3 All Star Show, then fourth in the World of Outlaws Commonwealth Clash on September 25.<\/p>\n
Blaney reeled in Holtgraver who had stretched his lead to a full straightaway at one point, and used a powerslide through three & four to take the lead on the lap 17 restart.\u00a0 But Holtgraver didn\u2019t put his tail between his legs and settle for second.\u00a0 He slide back under Dale Blaney in turns one & two, only to see Blaney blast past him on the backstretch to take the lead for good.\u00a0 Blaney\u2019s fourth Lernerville feature win of the season earned him $3,000 and a big, shiny Steel City Stampede belt buckle and plate.<\/p>\n
Danny Holtgraver finished second behind Blaney, and as mentioned above, clinched the 2010 DIRTcar Challenge Sprint Series Championship over the future Hall of Fame trio of Bob Felmlee, Ed Lynch Jr. and Rod George.\u00a0 Dale Blaney\u2019s Ti22 Performance stable mate Brian Ellenberger continues to ride the wave of success since jumping into the brand new GF1 Chassis.\u00a0 Last year\u2019s Stampede winner Cole Duncan held on to finish fourth ahead of Carl Bowser who capped off a solid 2010 campaign with his ninth top five finish at Lernerville Speedway.\u00a0 The rest of the Ti22\/DIRTcar CSS top ten rounded out with Brandon Spithaler (the last driver on the lead lap), Rod George, Bob Felmlee, Gale Ruth and Cory Good.\u00a0 Friday Night heat races were claimed by Dale Blaney and Ed Lynch Jr.<\/p>\n
The DIRTcar Late Models were up next and it was the Jared Miley Show!\u00a0 Miley started alongside Michigan traveler Brian Ruhlan on the front row.\u00a0 Miley jumped out to a quick lead as Gregg Satterlee came from fifth on the starting grid to second on lap two.\u00a0 Satterlee challenged Miley the whole way to the checkered flag, but was never able to take the lead away from him.\u00a0 Miley\u2019s $3,000 payday was his third win in the last four races at Lernerville Speedway.<\/p>\n
2010 Track Champion Dave Hess Jr. made a late charge and nipped Satterlee at the checkered flag after a big run off the top of turns three & four.\u00a0 Satterlee had to settle for third after battling most of the race for the lead.\u00a0 2010 Pittsburgh PA\u2019s Motor Speedway Track Champion Brandon Burgoon made his Lernerville debut with an impressive fourth place run, while 2009 Stampede winner Matt Lux finished fifth.\u00a0 The rest of the top ten shook out with Russell King, Brian Ruhlman, John Garvin Jr., Dave Murdick and Denton Boyer.\u00a0 Friday Night race victors were Lux, Hess and Boyer.<\/p>\n
The most exciting finish of the night came in the Diehl Auto Group DIRTcar Modifieds, which was also the series finale for the BRP Tour.\u00a0 Rex King Sr. clinched the 2010 BRP Tour Championship by starting his heat race Friday Night, and then he almost stole the Stampede feature win away from New York traveler Chad Homan at the checkered flag Saturday Night.<\/p>\n
Homan started seventh, but quickly made his way to the front to challenge fellow upstate New Yorker Brian Weaver who took the lead early from polesitter Tom Winkle.\u00a0 Weaver appeared to have the race in the bag, but Homan drew even at the white flag.\u00a0 King made it a three car battle in turns one & two.\u00a0 Entering turn three, Homan went low, King rocketed around the top.\u00a0 Homan appeared to have the advantage exiting turn four, but King was flying off the top and Homan had to nearly take him to the wall to hold him off for the win by 0.019 seconds.\u00a0 Homan and King made significant contact after the checkers and the local crowd expressed their displeasure as Homan got out of his car in Sheetz Victory Lane. \u00a0King took it all in stride; going pitside with his second consecutive BRP Championship in hand.\u00a0 Weaver had to settle for third after leading the first 24 laps of the feature.<\/p>\n
Del Rougeux Jr. found more bad luck in his heat race Friday Night, as he has for much of the 2010 season.\u00a0 He started Saturday Night running the B-Main and had to use a provisional to start the A-Main saddled 24th<\/sup> on the starting grid.\u00a0 Over the course of the 25 lap feature, Rougeux had quite possibly his best run since last year\u2019s Stampede victory by finishing fourth in a deep, talented field.\u00a0 Jeremiah Shingledecker came from 12th<\/sup> to finish fifth.\u00a0 The Diehl\/BRP top ten rounded out with \u201cDouble Duty\u201d Dave Murdick, Brad Rapp, Chris Haines, Brian Swartzlander and Kevin Hoffman.\u00a0 Friday Night heat races went to Swartzlander, Homan, Kevin Bolland and Shingledecker.\u00a0 J.R. McGinley won the B-Main.<\/p>\nLernerville Speedway Track Champion Joe Kelley ended the 2010 campaign as he started it; in Sheetz Victory Lane!\u00a0 His 10th<\/sup> win of the season came in dramatic fashion as the Charapp Route 28 Sportsman\/Stock feature was a race that didn\u2019t want to end!\u00a0 It took seven Green-White-Checker (GWC) restarts to finally end the 20-lapper.<\/p>\nPolesitter Bob Egley jumped out to a quick lead at the drop of the initial green flag, but Kelley took the lead on lap four only to see Sportsman\/Stock Spectacular winner Chris Schneider take the lead away on a lap five restart.\u00a0 Schneider led three laps, then Kelley got by him to lead the next three laps before giving way to Schneider again on lap 11.<\/p>\n
Schneider led the rest of the way until a caution slowed the field on lap 19.\u00a0 Kelley and Schneider made contact in turn two of the fifth GWC restart, Schneider spun and collected Bobby Whitling, but the caution was thrown for a backmarker in turn four.\u00a0 The caution allowed Schneider to retain the lead on the sixth restart, but he spun in turns one & two with apparent suspension damage from the previous wreck.\u00a0 With Schneider out of the picture, Kelley rolled to his 10th<\/sup> win of the season and a $1,000 payday to cap off a fantastic 2010 campaign.<\/p>\nBob Egley held off PPMS star Pat Weldon to finish second.\u00a0 Behind Weldon in third was Jeff Walters who came the whole way from 24th<\/sup> on the starting grid to finish fifth.\u00a0 Ryan Moyer also came from the back of the field racing from 20th<\/sup> to round out the top five.\u00a0 Pat Hanley returned to the dirt of Lernerville Speedway, (after racing a Modified on the asphalt at Motordrome this summer), with a solid seventh place finish.\u00a0 Early leader Chris Schneider finished 15th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Chris Withers, Joe Kelley, Rusty Martz and Chris Schneider won Friday Night heat races.<\/p>\nSpeaking of heat races, Joe Kelley was also awarded his second consecutive National Guard Heat Race Challenge Boot Trophy during pre-race festivities Saturday Night.\u00a0 By virtue of his seven heat race wins during Fab Four Racing this season, then via tiebreaker over Danny Holtgraver and Wayne Carbo.<\/p>\n
Bryan Force dominated the UMP Pro Late Model feature, leading all 20 laps.\u00a0 He was challenged late in the race by Josh Double, but held on for his first career Lernerville Speedway feature win.\u00a0 Double finished second ahead of Sean Puz, Chris Schneider and Andrew Satterlee.\u00a0 Friday Night heat races went to Ken Herman and Bryan Force.<\/p>\n
Most in attendance will agree that the most exciting feature of the night played out in the UMP Modifieds feature as local EMod (as they are more commonly referred to in Western PA) stars Dave Hess Jr. and Brent Rhebergen came from the back half of the starting grid to finish second and third respectively.\u00a0 Both drivers are also both stars on the regional Super Late Model scene.\u00a0 Hess, of course, is the 2010 Lernerville Speedway Late Model Track Champion.\u00a0 He started 21st<\/sup> after winning the B-Main, while Rhebergen came from 15th<\/sup>.<\/p>\nWatching these two guys come through the field was truly a sight to behold.\u00a0 But by the time they came to the front, leader and eventual winner Brian Ruhlman had put too much real estate between himself and the rest of the field and he cruised virtually unchallenged to Sheetz Victory Lane.\u00a0 Ruhlman made the tow from Clarklake, MI for the first time since 1994!\u00a0 Russ Coyne and Carl McKinney rounded out the top five.\u00a0 Friday Night heat races were checkered by Randy Hall, Brian Ruhlman, Kevin Buff and Russ Coyne.<\/p>\n
Somebody forgot to tell the 4 cylinder drivers that they were not competing in the Enduro!\u00a0 The 15 lap feature was riddled with cautions with very short segments of green flag racing.\u00a0 By the time the checkered flag waved for feature winner Brent Sholtis, just eight cars (of 24 that took the green flag) remained in competition.\u00a0 But despite the carnage and short segments of green flag racing, they were quite entertaining!<\/p>\n
Inaugural Steel City Stampede STARS Mod Lites feature winner Mikey Hay is the only driver in any division to defend his event win.\u00a0 After starting 11th, Hay masterfully made his way to the front and took the lead on lap 11 from his brother Matt, who finished second for the second straight year.\u00a0 Fifth place finisher Rick Ament was crowned as the 2010 STARS Mod Lites Champion.<\/p>\n
Kenny Meadows drove Doug Peterman\u2019s #67 to the win in the Mini Late Models exhibition.<\/p>\n
Former Sportsman\/Stock and Sprint Car driver Glenn Noland dominated the Enduro 100, winning by over five laps ahead of second place Dan Zimmerman.\u00a0 Joe Yakich, Joe Petyak and John Bigley rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n
The Action Track will sit dark and dormant for the next few months until Opening Night 2011.\u00a0 Please stay tuned for exciting announcements about the 2011 season including dates for the 2011 editions of the Firecracker 100, Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup, Commonwealth Clash and DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede!<\/p>\n
Contact: Lernerville Speedway<\/p>\n
Eric J. Westendorf, Public Relations Director<\/p>\n
(724) 664-1075 \u00b7<\/p>\n
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